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Las Vegas - O ctober 31> 1952 W - 1 H r, Win, R e in h a rd t - Los A n g e le s The f o llo w in g i s c lip p in g from th e Las Vegas Sun, O ctob er 3 0 , 1952: “ INCREASED WATER SUPPLY SEEN FOR NEXT SUMMER". Increased Water!/ Supply Seen | lo r NexISummer! 1 An increased w ater supply of| five million gallons per day will j be available to Las Vegans in I tim| to ease next sum m er’s wa-| te r Shortage, it was indicated inf a report made to. the public ser-1 vice commission yesterday. j .Tests made on three wells a!; few days ago show that by add­ing . pumps to the /.existing a r -l tesian system it w ilt be possible l the, daiJy.*flow from last sum m er’s 17 millfon gallon | iiia*im um to 22. million gallons, according to Jam es M. Mont-. gom ery,; consulting engineer for the Las Vegas Land' and Water J ' district. ' ....1 ... At the request of. the PSC, the f | w ater district . pad Montgomery I exam ine steps-being taken by 1 rgpresentatives of Union P acific | iailfo ad , present owners of the : wfeils, to determine what they i; a re expected to produce and if they are compatible^ with future ;; pjans of the water, district • after : the anticipated purchase of the f Water system next spring. Montgomery said the railroad i'J Is planning to augment s e v e ra l, of f he 11 wells with pomps and that the improvem ents, .-frill r e - , present no wasted expense since s ?it Will represent work that the ;{wafeb; district would be ah lel to use .-after purchase. Cost of the - new work Will he* added to the f $2%/million purchase price tovbe ? 'gbtVght ithrough'; bond elCcttipns ; lnext:,^rings*: The.'engineer reported to PSC c h a i r - m ^Robert A llen . and M ayor C; b . 'Baker yesterday in the mayor’s office, H atry M iller of the water district board -and City Manager [? w ere in attehdahSs-'- J B P i j According to the engineer’s ; survey, tests run on three arte­sian w ells ifi the system indicate that with draws down 48 to 52 : feet, flow in each can be in­creased substantially to provide ; an adequate margin to avoid a ! seriou s. shortage n e x t. summer. H e pointed out that the short-i age during past seasons was the I result of a low supply rather than insufficient-booster pumps. Undergrounds#tor^gelias been t dropping from dpe to three feet a year fe r t ile / past 10 or 12 I years, M illet said. The TesultL f is a decrease in artesian flow s which lecftares. We'-Af."jptunips.to• • ? reach fa rth e r down. j l In s ta lla tit^ o f the. pufnps w ill | provide a jle m p o r a r y “ brid ge” 1 to tide thefrem im unity through S the next y®ar until the w ater | district i can -tap the four-inch I L ak e M ead line which now ex- 1 tends only tp Henderson. M on tgom etjt said the railroad , 5 fe lt an additional four million 1 gallons daily should be enough j to m eet local needs, but the en- j i gineer added that he recom m en-i ded 'five m illion in v ie w ,o f the I added demand an ticipated'from I the Hyde Park, development. A llen indicated the PSC would I order the railroad to produce . fiy b m illion | additional ga-llons, j pending approval b y other m em - | bers o f the board. M ontgom ery also suggested that if installation o f pumps did ?not produce the required in­crease, the r a im ’ad should be § advised ‘ ‘a c q u it-m o r e w ater.” A llen said the| PSC also - w ill ask fo r a w eekly teport' on pro­duction from each w ell,, subject to c h e c k -b y a local engineer, authorized by the board. The re- I port would he m ade to the city, I he indicated.